2007 Australian Senate election

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 2007 federal election, 37 Coalition (32 Liberal, four National, one CLP), 32 Labor, five Green, one Family First, and one independent, Nick Xenophon.Full First Preferences by state - AEC Senators are elected for six-year terms, and took their seats from 1 July 2008, but senators representing the territories have three-year terms and take their seats immediately.

Preference deals Preferences played a crucial role in determining winners in both the House and Senate. Unlike the previous election, Labor and Australian Democrats directed preferences to the Australian Greens. In exchange, the Greens preferenced the Democrats and Labor. The Family First Party and Christian Democratic Party (Australia) directed preferences in most states to the Coalition. In turn, the Coalition preferenced both parties and also preferenced the Greens ahead of Labor.

Australia +Senate (STV GV) — Turnout 95.17% (CV) — Informal 2.55%Upper house results: AEC Party Votes % Swing Seats won Seats held Change Australian Labor Party 5,101,200 40.30 +5.28 18 32 4 Liberal/National Coalition / joint ticket 3,883,479 30.68 −3.55 9 19 1,110,366 8.77 −1.63 8 17 2 20,997 0.17 +0.06 0 0 40,253 0.32 −0.03 1 1 Coalition total 5,055,095 39.94 –5.15 18 37 2 1,144,751 9.04 +1.38 3 5 1 204,788 1.62 –0.14 0 1 162,975 1.29 –0.80 0 0 4 Total 12,656,805 40 76 Invalid/blank votes 331,009 2.55 −1.20 Registered voters/turnout 13,646,539 95.17 Source: Commonwealth Election 2007

New South Wales Elected # SenatorParty20071Mark Arbib Labor20072Helen Coonan Liberal20073Doug Cameron Labor20074John Williams National20075Marise Payne Liberal20076Ursula Stephens Labor200420041Bill Heffernan Liberal20042Steve Hutchins Labor20043Concetta Fierravanti-Wells Liberal20044John Faulkner Labor20045Fiona Nash National20046Michael Forshaw Labor

Both major parties finished with around 40% of the primary vote each with Labor in front. The Greens received over 8% of the primary vote. Labor won two seats on primary vote alone, narrowly missing a third seat. The Coalition also won two seats, including one to National Party of Australia candidate John Williams. Despite finishing with less than 1% of the primary vote, the Climate Change Coalition managed to place ahead of Pauline's United Australia Party, the Democrats and Family First. The Democrats and Pauline United Australia Party directed preferences to the Climate Change Coalition. Unlike in other states, Family First also directed its preferences to the Climate Change Coalition. After these preferences, the Climate Change Coalition had increased their vote from less than 1% to almost 5%. However, they still narrowly finished behind the Christian Democrats. Preferences from the Climate Change Coalition went to the Greens however they still finished behind the major parties. This led to Greens senator Kerry Nettle losing her seat. Preferences from the Christian Democrats went to the Coalition, allowing them to win their third seat with Labor winning the remaining seat. The end result was three seats each to the Coalition and LaborSenate Results: New South Wales - Federal Election 2007 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Victoria Elected # SenatorParty20071Jacinta Collins Labor20072Mitch Fifield Liberal20073Gavin Marshall Labor20074Helen Kroger Liberal20075Scott Ryan Liberal20076David Feeney Labor200420041Michael Ronaldson Liberal20042Kim Carr Labor20043Julian McGauran Liberal20044Stephen Conroy Labor20045Judith Troeth Liberal20046

Labor once again narrowly finished ahead of the Coalition on primary votes with around 40% each. Both parties won two seats each on primary vote alone, with another two seats yet to be won. The Greens finished with just over 10% of the vote. After preferences from small minor parties, Labor managed to stay ahead of the Greens and Coalition. Preferences from the Democrats allowed the Greens to go ahead of the Coalition and close to the required number of votes to win a seat. However, preferences from Family First allowed the Coalition to win a third seat whilst Labor narrowly won the remaining seat over the Greens. The end result was three seats each to the Coalition and LaborSenate Results: Victoria - Federal Election 2007 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Queensland Elected # SenatorParty20071Ian Macdonald Liberal20072John Hogg Labor20073Sue Boyce Liberal20074Claire Moore Labor20075Ron Boswell National20076Mark Furner Labor200420041Brett Mason Liberal20042Jan McLucas Labor20043George Brandis Liberal20044Joe Ludwig Labor20045Barnaby Joyce National20043Russell Trood Liberal

The Coalition narrowly finished ahead of Labor on primary vote with around 40% each. The Greens finished with over 7% and Pauline's United Australia party with over 4%. The Coalition and Labor both won 2 seats each on primary vote alone. Preferences from the Democrats allowed the Greens to narrowly go ahead of Labor. Family first preferences were enough for Nationals candidate Ron Boswell to be re-elected and win a third seat for the Coalition. Pauline's United Australia party directed preferences to Labor which allowed them to win the final seat. The final result was three seats each to Labor and the Coalition.Senate Results: Queensland - Federal Election 2007 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Western Australia Elected # SenatorParty20071David Johnston Liberal20072Louise Pratt Labor20073Alan Eggleston Liberal20074Mark Bishop Labor20075Michaelia Cash Liberal20076Scott Ludlam Greens200120041Chris Ellison Liberal20042Chris Evans Labor20043Ian Campbell Liberal20044Glenn Sterle Labor20045Judith Adams Liberal20046Rachel Siewert Greens

Unlike in other states, the Liberal Party of Australia and Nationals were not on a joint ticket. However, the Liberals finished far ahead of Labor in the primary vote with a 10% margin between them. The Greens finished with over 9% of the vote. The Liberals won three seats on primary vote alone whilst Labor won two. After these seats were distributed, the Greens were ahead of all parties. The Democratic Labor Party distributed preferences to the Christian Democrats, allowing them to go ahead of the Liberal party. Preferences from the Liberal Party allowed the Christian Democrats to go ahead of Labor and narrowly behind the Greens. However, preferences from Labor led to Greens candidate Scott Ludlam winning the final seat. The end result was three seats to the Liberals, two to Labor and one to the GreensSenate Results: Western Australia - Federal Election 2007 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

South Australia Elected # SenatorParty20071Don Farrell Labor20072Cory Bernardi Liberal20073Nick Xenophon Independent20074Penny Wong Labor20075Simon Birmingham Liberal20076Sarah Hanson-Young Greens200420041Nick Minchin Liberal20042Anne McEwen Labor20043Amanda Vanstone Liberal20044Annette Hurley Labor20045Mary Jo Fisher Liberal20046Dana Wortley Labor

Both major parties finished with around 35% each, with Independent Nick Xenophon at almost 15% followed by the Greens on over 6%. The Liberals and Labor won two seats each whilst Xenophon won a seat on primary vote alone. Preferences from the What Women Want (Australia) Party and the Climate Change Coalition allowed the Greens to go ahead of all parties. This was followed by preferences from the Democratic Labor Party and Family First going to the Liberals, which allowed the Coalition to go ahead of the Greens. However, the Greens managed to crucially stay ahead of Labor, which led to preferences from Labor going to the Greens. This was enough for Greens candidate Sarah Hanson-Young winning the remaining seat. The final result was two seats to the Liberals, two seats to Labor, one seat to Xenophon and one seat to the GreensSenate Results: South Australia - Federal Election 2007 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Tasmania Elected # SenatorParty20071Nick Sherry Labor20072Richard Colbeck Liberal20073Bob Brown Greens20074Carol Brown Labor20075David Bushby Liberal20076Catryna Bilyk Labor200420041Eric Abetz Liberal20042Kerry O'Brien Labor20043Guy Barnett Liberal20044Helen Polley Labor20045Stephen Parry Liberal20046Christine Milne Greens

Labor finished ahead of the Liberals with around 40% of the vote each, followed by the Greens with over 18%. Labor and the Liberals each won two seats on primary vote alone whilst the Greens won one on primary vote. Preferences from the Greens led to Labor winning the remaining seat. The final result was three seats to Labor, two seats to the Liberals and one seat to the Greens.Senate Results: Tasmania - Federal Election 2007 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Territories Australian Capital Territory Elected # SenatorParty20071Kate Lundy Labor20072Gary Humphries Liberal

Northern Territory Elected # SenatorParty20071Trish Crossin Labor20072Nigel Scullion CLP

See also Members of the Australian Senate, 2008–2011 Results of the 2007 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)

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